Users question ICD-9, too.
You know that Congress instituted an ICD-10 delay, but do you know what CMS plans to do about it?
Read on to see what your general surgery practice can count on, and what you will need to await to find out more, based on a recent CMS open door forum.
Wait for New Implementation Rule
“On April 1, 2014, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 was enacted, and it says that the secretary may not adopt ICD-10 prior to Oct. 1, 2015,” said CMS’s Chris Ritter during the call...
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